Combined dining table, buffet, and china closet



Sept. 29, 1925.

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UNITED STATES 1,555,612 PATENT OFFICE".

JAMES A, ANDERSON, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

COMB NED DINING TABLE, BUFFET, AND CHINA CLOSET.

Application filed November 28, 1924.

of which the following is a specification.

.l This invention relates to combination furniture, and more particularly to a piece adapted toserve as a combined dining table, buffet, and china closet.

The limited space now available in apartments makes it impossible, in many cases, to utilize and find room for the usual pieces of furniture heretofore employed, and it therefore becomes necessary to make one piece serve the purpose of several.

The present invention has, for its object, to provide a single piece of furniture which is adapted for use as a dining table, and which, at the same time, is so constructed as to aifordstorage space :underneath the table top for the accommodation of table linen, silverware, china, etc.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved piece of furniture, showing one of the hinged table leaves extended and one in folded position;

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is an elevation of the opposite end of the piece of furniture, showing both hinged leaves as folded;

Figure & is a horizontal section taken on a plane just below the table top; and

Figure 5 is a vertical central longitudinal section through the piece of furniture.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my improved article of furniture comprises four corner posts 1, which may be of any suitable design. These are connected by end bars 2 and by side bars 3, in the usual manner. At the upper ends of these posts are supported a pair of parallel spaced frame members or drawer guides 4, which lie in the same plane as the bars 3, but which project a substantial distance beyond the corner posts at each end, as indicated at 4.

Fitted in between the members 3 and 4 and the adjacent corner posts at each side of the piece of furniture are panels 5, these constituting the side walls of a rectangular cabinet. The ends of this cabinet are closed Serial No. 752,655.

by doors, one end preferably having a single drop door 6, hinged at 6 to the cross bar 2, as shown in Figure 2, and the other having a pair of folding doors 7, hinged to the corner posts, as shown in Figure? l The interiorof this cabinet may be divided or arranged in any suitable manner. As shown, it is divided by a vertical partition 8 into two compartments, and these again are divided by a horizontal shelf 9 into four compartments. A bottom 9 is provided, extending between the four corner posts. On one side of the partition 8, adjacent the drop door 6, a pair of sliding drawers 10 may be provided, while on the other side, adjacent the folding doors 7, the bottom of the cabinet and the horizontal partition 9 afford shelves on which china or the like may be stored.

. Supported on top of the corner posts and frame members 4: is a table top comprising a, central fixed section or leaf 11, and a pair of hinged leaves 12. The central section 11 is of a width substantially equal to that of the cabinet, so that the hinged leaves 12, when folded, lie adjacent the sides of the cabinet, as shown in Figure 3, and substantially enclose the same. All of the leaves are of the same length, and, as shown in Figures 1 and 5, this length is considerably greater than that of the cabinet, so that the table top projects substantially beyond the cabinet on all sides. Preferably the extent to which the table top 11 projects beyond the ends of the cabinet is substantially equal, or at least of the same order of magnitude as the width of the dropor hinged leaves.

These hinged leaves are supported in extended position by means of the usual or any desired swinging brackets 13. Cross bars 14 and 15 extend between the frame members 4, as clearly shown in Figure 5.

By reference to Figure 4;, it will be seen that I mount between the frame members or drawer guides 41:, a pair of sliding drawers 16 and 17 such drawers being arranged end to end, as shown, and preferably being of unequal length. These drawers may be provided with suitable partitions, as shown at 16, and one of them may be further provided with a slidingtray, such as 18, for the reception of silverware or the like.

It will be particularly noted that the combined length of the two drawers 16 and 17 is substantially equal to that of the table top, and, in fact, that the central leaf of the table top is practicallyco-extensive with these drawers. From this, it" follows that the outer ends of the drawers themselves project substantially beyond the endsof the cabinet immediately below the table top, as shown in Figures l and 5.v It will be ob vious that the sliding drawers are interposed between the cabinetand table top, and directly overlie the latter.

From the above, it will be seen that my improved article of furniture provides an ample rhina closet, as well as storage space for table linen and silverware, while atthe same time, it presents a neat, compact ap pearance, and, when the hinged leaves are extended, forms a table top suitable for use asia dining table. It will be particularly observed that the-fact that the drawers and table top project substantially beyond the endsof the cabinet results in the provision of ample space to accommodate chairs or the knees of persons seated at the table. It is therefore thoughtthat the many advantages of my invention will be fully appreciated without further discussion.

hat I claim is i r 1. The combination with a table top comprising a central and a pair of hinged leaves, of a rectangular cabinet by which said central leaf is supported, said cabinet being of a width substantially equal to that of said central leaf, and of a length less than that ofsaid leaves, whereby the ends of thecentralileaf overhang said cabinet for a distance substantially equal to the width of said hinged leaves, and a pair of sliding drawers arranged end to end and interposed between said central leaf and said cabinet,

said drawers together in closed position bemg substantially CO-QXlLBHSlVQ with said central leaf, and the outer end of each drawer,

corner posts, a pair of spaced horizontal parallel- :frame members constituting draw guides supported by said posts at the topof the cabinet, said drawer guides lying in the planes of the sides of the cabinet and eX-- tending beyond the end walls of the cabinet a distance substantially equal to the width of said hinged leaves, a pair of sliding drawers mounted between said guides and arranged end to end, said central lea-f overlying ,and being co-extensive with said pair of drawers when closed, and said hinged leaves being disposed one at each side ofthe central leaf,-and arranged, when folded, to

lie against and substantially enclose the said drawer guides and cabinet.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' JAMES A. ANDERSON. 

